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... position . After several repulses they succeeded in establishing themselves beyond the Sambre , and laid siege to that town . During this siege St. Just caused an officer of artillery to be shot , for having negligently constructed a ...
... position . After several repulses they succeeded in establishing themselves beyond the Sambre , and laid siege to that town . During this siege St. Just caused an officer of artillery to be shot , for having negligently constructed a ...
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... position between Nivelles and Braine - le - Comte , yet he dissembled not his intention of aban- doning Belgium . The Prince of Orange and Marquis Cornwallis represented to him , in vain , that such a movement would insure the conquest ...
... position between Nivelles and Braine - le - Comte , yet he dissembled not his intention of aban- doning Belgium . The Prince of Orange and Marquis Cornwallis represented to him , in vain , that such a movement would insure the conquest ...
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... position for fear of exposing Mentz . When Malmesbury went , on the 20th of June , to the Prussian head - quarters to persuade Möllendorf to move , there were only about 40,000 men under the colours , instead of the 62,400 stipulated ...
... position for fear of exposing Mentz . When Malmesbury went , on the 20th of June , to the Prussian head - quarters to persuade Möllendorf to move , there were only about 40,000 men under the colours , instead of the 62,400 stipulated ...
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... position on that river , at Aldenhoven , near Jülich , October 2nd , and effected his passage over the Rhine on the 5th , at Bonn , Cologne , and Düsseldorf . After the retreat of the allies the French entered Cologne October 6th ...
... position on that river , at Aldenhoven , near Jülich , October 2nd , and effected his passage over the Rhine on the 5th , at Bonn , Cologne , and Düsseldorf . After the retreat of the allies the French entered Cologne October 6th ...
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... position of a great and leading Power ; facilitated the invasion of the Empire by the French , and thus prepared the ruin of the ancient German constitution ; struck a blow at his own reputation and the renown of the Prussian arms ; and ...
... position of a great and leading Power ; facilitated the invasion of the Empire by the French , and thus prepared the ruin of the ancient German constitution ; struck a blow at his own reputation and the renown of the Prussian arms ; and ...
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Page 501 - (a free Church in a free State), has been rightly chosen as the inscription on his tomb. § 6. Cavour left no minister to take his place, and the continuance of his policy fell to Victor Emmanuel himself. Carefully abstaining from opening the question either of Rome or Venice, he sought to utilise the interval of peace to break down...
Page 396 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.